[s-cars] coolant temp warning

[Bill Clancy]

That must be it.    My expansion tank shows signs of leaking.   I must 
have lost a little bit of coolant.      I was focusing on temp not 
level.   It makes sense now.  

thanks for the help.   
-Bill

Sean Douglas wrote:

>Could be a low level of coolant in the expansion tank, there is a float
>valve in there that will set off this warning.
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>Sean Douglas
>1997 Audi S6//RS2-spec
>1990 Audi 90 quattro 20v
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: s-car-list-bounces+quattro20v=telus.net at audifans.com 
>>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces+quattro20v=telus.net at audifans.com] 
>>On Behalf Of Bill Clancy
>>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 9:47 AM
>>To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>>Subject: [s-cars] coolant temp warning
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>>Lately I get that coolant temp warning indicator in the 
>>center of the dash -- the one that flashes with an audible 
>>tone.    Has anyone had that problem?     The coolant temp 
>>gauge can be cold or normal when this happens -- and usually 
>>when the engine has only been running for a few minutes.    
>>And it almost always alerts me just as I am accelerating.    
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>>At first I thought the thermostat was stuck, but the I get 
>>this warning when the engine is still cold (at least I think 
>>it is cold??).    
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>>Is there a sensor or sensor connector somewhere that can 
>>trigger this warning if defective?     
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>>thanks,
>>-bill
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